Honda has released an experimental one-wheel-drive vehicle incorporating robotics technology from its ASIMO robots that removes the need for people to walk around. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/156764,honda-unveils-one-wheel-drive-vehicle.aspx
Study Finds Breast Cancer Fighting Properties within Mushrooms
White button mushrooms found to reduce breast cancer risk by 64%!
Add green tea to your diet and the risk drops by 90 percent!
(Updated 16 July 2024 Original link found no longer valid.)
Social Media Networking
Some interesting stats http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIFYPQjYhv8
La Cumparsita
Elegant, talented and entertaining ice-skating. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZO8V0LQWeY&e
GM Foods are Flawed Scientific Dogma Run Amok
Dr. Pusztai’s earlier research into the effects of GM potatoes showed that rats suffered from weakened immune systems and stunted growth of their internal organs, including the liver, kidneys and brain, on such a diet. There is also compelling evidence indicating GM potatoes may cause cancer. http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/09/05/Chickens-Not-Fooled-by-GM-Crops.aspx
Battery breakthrough could cut recharging to seconds
Scientists at MIT have developed a new design for lithium batteries that could cut recharge times down to seconds. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/139755,battery-breakthrough-could-cut-recharging-to-seconds.aspx
Bushfire inquiry covers up fuel reduction failure
Two Royal Commissions by Judge Stretton into the Victorian bushfire disasters of 1939 and 1944 yielded a crystal clear result: the bushfire disasters then, as now, were caused by what the Judge called “ridiculously inadequate” prescribed burning of the forests, and he mandated “fire prevention must be the paramount consideration of the forester”.
(Updated 16 July 2024 Original link found no longer valid.)
Eyeball Engineering
This is for all of the frustrated engineers out there. There always seems to be a guy who can look at something and tell you that a line or an angle is off. Now you can try your skill at using ’the eye’. This is tougher than it looks. It is not timed so take your time. http://woodgears.ca/eyeball
Trillion Dollar Advertising
Great advertising campaign http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGn9p8p_oek
Pfizer pleads guilty to felony crime in fraudulent marketing of Bextra, pays US$2.3 billion in fines
And they’re still in business? http://www.naturalnews.com/026963_Pfizer_Bextra_health.html